Holder for phone-receivers



(No` Model.)

J. T. MOORE. HOLDER FORl PHONE REGBIVERS.

10.436,717. Patented sept. 1611390.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.IEHIEL T. MOORE, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HOLDER FOR PHONE-RECEIVRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 436,717, datedSeptember 16, 1890.

Application tiled September 16, 1889. Serial No. 324,160. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JEHIEL T. MOORE, of the city of Minneapolis, in thecounty of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Adj ustable Holders for Phone Receivers, of whichthe following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to devices for holding the sound-receiver of atelephone or other sound-transmitting instrument in position toaccommodate the listener and permit the free use of the hands for makingmemoranda, or taking or writing orders or messages as they may bereceived over the wire.

My invention can be attached to any telephone or othersound-transmitting device without altering or in any way changing theordinary construct-ion ther eof and it consists in the construction andcombination hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of the same, and in which Figurelis a side View of the telephone with myinvention attached. Fig. 2 is afront View of the same. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through theholder. Figs. 4 and 5 are modied forms of means for holding the arm atits adjustment.

In the drawings, the letter A indicates a metallic plate provided withholes a and a` curved slot c. The armB is pivoted to a suitablesupport--say to a plate A at d-so as to be free to be adjusted up anddown and to be held at its adjustment by a set-screw c, as illustratedin Fig. 1, and carries in any suitable way a iieXible holder C for thelphonereceiver F. This receiver, being inserted in the holder,will, as isapparent,be firmly held in any position that may accommodate the personusing the telephone.

It is preferred to secure the arm B to the telephone at D, but it may beattached elsewhere.

The plate A is secured to the part D or other part by means of aclamping-rod G, adapted to pass around the part D and to have the plateA passed over its ends and secured thereto by the nuts H, screwed ontothe threaded ends of that rod, as illustrated.

The arm B, as illustrated in Figs. l and 2, is connected by suitablemeans with vthe fork or switch I of the telephone, which will draw downthe fork into posit-ion for the telephone to ring when the arm is in itslowest position. The means I prefer to employ is a flexible cord r,connected at one end to the fork and at the other end to the arm, say,through a hook t.

When the arm is adj ust-ed in a vertical position, the fork can be drawndown by a weight attached to the cord 0' or by attaching the elasticcord or bandV to the hook S.

As equivalent means to the segment and set-screw shown in Fig. 1 forholding'the arm B to its ad j ust-ment on the plate A, I may employ asliding slotted bolt t', secured to the arm by pins j and pressedforward by a spring c to engage teeth l on the segment of the plate, asshown in Fig. 4; or I may -use a cam m secured to the arm and adapted tobear against the face of the segment, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having described my invention, what I claim is-u 1. In a device of theclass described, the combination, with a telephone or othersoundtransmitting instrument and a l receivingphone, of an adjustablearm pivotally supported at one end to a suitable support and carrying atits other end a receiver-holder, means for securing said arm in anydesired position, and a connection between said arm and thetelephone-switch, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination, with a telephoneor other soundtransmitting instrument and a receivingphone, of a platesecured to a suitable support, an adjustable arm pivotally supported atone end on said plate and carrying at its other end a clasp adapted tohold a receivingphone, means for securing said arm in any desiredposition, and a flexible connection between said arm and thetelephone-switch, for the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence oftwo wit- DCSSGS.

J EHIEL T. MOORE. Witnesses: Y

W. A. HERR, CLARA K. LEAVLTT.

